I’m home!! The past 2 weeks have been absolute craziness. Our fun Florida vacation turned into a car soap opera. Our car broke down, we bought another one, the second one broke down, we fixed them BOTH and came home. So now we have two cars, and no money! So the bad news is, I…
Oh no, not at all. I have been quite content to lounge around while these paintings, drawings, and custom hoops make themselves. Never mind all that silly “work” that doesn’t at all keep me busy from 8-5. It is as it is though. And I wouldn’t want it any other way. I somehow manage to…
On Sunday, Shaun took the kids to the farm to visit Great Oma, and I had the entire afternoon to myself. And goodness that was nice! The weather was absolutely beautiful, perfect for painting on the back deck. I don’t get to be outside as much as I’d like, since I work full time. But…
I recently discovered Alisa Burke and I seriously adore her blog. It’s just so lovely and full of creative inspiration. She offers a lot of online art classes that I’ve had my eye on for a while, and right now they’re all $10 off for Mother’s Day. I thought I’d share these real quick just…
I’ve had this idea in my head for a while, to turn my watercolor illustrations into hoop art. I mentioned it to Shaun once, a long while ago, and that’s about as far as that went. Fast forward an undetermined amount of time.. Last night I sat down in the middle of my art room…
I posted a little sneak peek of this painting a while back, so I figured I should probably share the finished piece. There are a lot of fun textural details in this painting that I just couldn’t capture on film. (Can you still say ‘on film’ when it’s a digital camera?) I really like how…
I figured since I’m all blogging again and whatnot, I should probably share some pictures from Flynn’s birthday party! Because it was awesome. Just like last year’s party, only with Dr. Who! Shaun and I had a lot of fun planning this party. I mean, a “Link and Zelda and Tardis” party? How could we…
I have a slight obsession with all things stationary related. I’m not allowed to walk past the notebook section. (My own personal rule, haha!) For years I kept looking for the perfect tiny notepaper for sending along thank you notes when I sell paintings. I bought some blank cards that I really like, but it…
On Friday night, I asked Juniper what she would like to do and she picked ‘paint with Mommy’. (I love when she picks that.) We recently inherited a little white table from my office. It’s supposed to be a coffee table, but we put it in Juniper’s room. She LOVES that little table. It has…
Here is a little peek at my latest painting. I’m really having fun with this one! (Do I say that about every painting?) I’ve been experimenting with more of a ‘watercolory’ look. Drop a bit of paint here and there and let it go where it wants. I have always admired people who can actually…